D139: 12.26.21

Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: ~9mi/~41min
Driver: In Flames - Used & Abused
Calories: ???

Quality Level: N/A
Observations/Intel: Without taking those days off, Legs would not have been ready for the attempt. I socked in as much protein as I could manage, within the framework of trying to keep clean still (which will be relaxed somewhat once the OFF week starts), but still considered putting this off until tomorrow, but Legs were definitely good enough to go and I'd already passed one day where they were in position to be worked, so, we went and I went in with wanting to leave everything out there, since this was my last Air Dyne workout of 2021.

Good news first is that I finished at 803 miles for the year. As to the sprints...I did discover that the speed needle only goes halfway between Load 10 and the 0 mark and will go no further. So, it will not spin around. I went with a couple of mini-sprints at Load 3 and Load 5, which were not really challenging and felt pretty smooth. I did another at one of the harder Loads, 8, which was fine with Legs, but Air was more tested than expected. This proved to be my sort of undoing at the max level, which Legs handled fine. At the .2 mark, Air really got slugged and I finished that sprint somewhere between .23 and .25, but I can not conclusively say I hit the full 1/4 mile, so I am not counting it. I took another attempt at it again after getting Air back under control more, but only managed a tenth of a mile that time. 

So, I failed to reach the desired goal of a max sprint for 1/4 of a mile and that will be added to the list for 2022. I may not have missed by much, but still do not feel I can count it. I do have a much better idea of what it takes, though, and I'm not overly disappointed, given the point where I started in March, and particularly given the calamitous events that happened after my 50th birthday in June. Had I not lost both September and October, I likely would have passed both that goal and 1K for the year, but we play the hand we're dealt, I guess.

What remains now is the last bodyweight workout, which will be tomorrow, the last weigh-in, which may be tomorrow, the breakdown of the year, which will be the post following, probably on the recovery day, then the start of the OFF week. I'm going to try to tour the gym this coming up week in order to do the final thing, which is to come up with a Goal Post for 2022, beyond just the max sprint on the Air Dyne.